Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-08-20
FARM AND GARDEN.
COW MANURE IN PASTURE.

lating to milk production. and this re-
moves most Of the nitrogenous and
mineral clements that the COW eats. IL
the cows are yarded at night the more
valuable parts of their manure are left
in the farmyard.
SETTING STRAWBERRY PLANTS.
The sooner strawberry plants are set
out in July or August the better chance
Tor crop next Spring. If large
patch is to be set. wait for rainy time,
that their growth be not too much
checked. Frequent hoeing and stop
ping the growth of runners will make
the hills thrifty. All the fruit buds for
next Summers crop must, however, be
formed this fall.
MILDEw on LATE PEAS.
Owing TO mildcw peas sown late sci.
dom amount 70 much. Occasionally
there is a cool. moist time as the pods
are setting, which prevents midew
from spreading; but the vines do not
set so freely as those which made their
first growth slowly early in the season.
1t is poss bic that sulphur or copperas
water will check this mildew. 1t is
we'll worth trying, as the green pea
season could be protracted until Fall.
WATERING CUCUMBERs.
1t pays to water cueumbers. provided
/ the work is done as it should be, as is
| a, Aft ha
of the ground is only slightly moisten-
ed, and if water is poured on, it often
does as much harm as good. The
cucumber hill should be depressed
around the plants. Remove little of
the surface soil and gently sprinkle the
water over tho plants until not they
but the soil to Il depth of four or five
inches is thoroughly moistened. Then
replace the surface soil, which is the
best kind of mulch. One such water
ing week will keep the plants thrifty
in the dryest time.
TREES As WIRE FENCE POSTS.
1t is possible to use fruit trees for
fence posts when wire is the material
employed. The wires should not be
tackled directly upon the tree, but a
strip of board nailed to it and the wire
attached to that. Apple trees planted
th rty feet apart will need light stake
between TO keep the wire from saggiug.
With trees in the fence il is not best to
try TO plow closely TO them. but get the
ground seeded and leave strip OF
e'cht or ten feet in grass which should
be mown and saved. This hoadland in
grass is convenient for turning around
on at the end of rows when cultivating
in hoed crops.
WATERING cows IN SUNNsh.
Any animal giving milk requires fire.
quent watering. While many cows in
Winter will only drink once day,
they will in Summer require water three
times, morning. noon and night, anc
drink heartily each time. The water
even in Summer is better for standing
where it will be nearly blood warmth
, Fresh watei from the well is for thin
season not so good as that from streams
or PONDS. where it is warmed by th'
surrounding air. Doubtless water n
, | cold rs ice is not best for human
beings. but we have no such practica
test of is bad effects rs any one cal
, have from giving it to milch COWS.
WHY TIMOTHY RUNS OUT.
Timothy is never cut until too lat
for the good of the plant if not OF Tn
4 hay A meadow late in the Summe
4 is oily dricd-up stubble with scarcel
9 any green herbage if composed oni
a of timothy. The exposed bulbous roo
:, is the natural home of the white grub
A and the eggs for producing these ar
=, laid in them, while if the field
seeded with clover or some grass tina
: sprouts quickly after cutting the tim
. othv will be protected. Timothy root
: feed mainly near the surface, Will
those of clover strike deeply into th
=, subsoil. With some clover sown wit
- It Il timothy sod will last two or thre
:, wears longer than without the clover
;. cOTToN-sEED MEAL.
:, The fact that English farmers haN
, largely substituted cotton-seed me;
;s for linseed perhaps good evidence
:. it, greater cheapness. England fc
:, many years took the refuse from oil
: fax seed NJ thus kept up to a poil
\ where moss American feeders though
thev could lot afford to use it, Of la
IN years linssed meal Is comparative
III cheap. due probably in large part
the more extensive Use of Indian col
as stock feed in England. In fattcnir
his beef Oh corn John Bull is drawir
ly OIL an almost ineyhaustible suppiy. b
oy al present both kinds of oil meal a
e" for some purposes more nearly on
r. bas with corn for cheapness than the
he formerly were.
ds WORKING YOUNG COLTS.
'ir A colt from draught stock or /
m farm purposes alone should be broke
'ui when two years old. and may ev
rs. than ho mt at light work provided